Lyme Disease (cont.)
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- Lyme Disease Overview
- Lyme Disease Causes
- Lyme Disease Symptoms
- When to Seek Medical Care
- Questions to Ask the Doctor
- Exams and Tests
- Lyme Disease Treatment
- Self-Care at Home
- Medications
- Next Steps
- Follow-up
- Prevention
- Outlook
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Next Steps
Follow-up
Follow-up with continued care is important for people who have early Lyme disease but who fail to improve rapidly and completely.
- Doctors must consider other treatment options and rule out other illnesses that may be mistaken for Lyme disease.
- People with later-stage disease who require IV antibiotics or hospitalization must be monitored in the weeks following their treatment.
- Improvement in the symptoms of Lyme disease, particularly in the heart and nervous system, may occur gradually over a period of months. Lack of immediate improvement in all your symptoms is not a sign of unsuccessful treatment.
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Lyme disease is due to infection with the spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi and the body's immune response to the infection.
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